Author: Gwen Shaw

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Blog Post 4: Watch a movie

For this assignment, choose any movie you want to watch that has a connection to women’s, gender, and/or sexuality studies. Your task:
  1. Choose a film or series (you should be watching for at least one hour) and watch it.
  2. Justify how your choice of film relates to women’s, gender, and/or sexuality studies
  3. Explain what elements (specific things! particular people, scenes, events, etc.) in the film relate to this course and its subject matter
  4. Be sure to include illustrations, images, screenshots, or other pictures where appropriate (as your featured image and in your post where relevant)
Approx. 500 words.
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Blog Post 3: A different future

In your third blog post, imagine that feminist and anti-racist activism has succeeded and we live in a more egalitarian and less oppressive world. Imagine that world (an ideal world?). Describe what that world looks like? What would an average day for you be like? (For example, What do you wake up to? What is your morning like? What does your day look like? Your classes? Your job?)

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Independent Study Step 1

Fill in the blanks to think about what you want to study:

I am interested in exploring issues of ____________ (this can be a word or phrase) as they related to women, gender, and sexuality studies, especially the work of __________ (insert an movement or person) during the time period _______.  

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Blog Post 2: What is Feminism-Due 2/10

For your second post, identify at least one definition of feminism. Do you agree or disagree with this definition?

Using some of the texts we have read as a starting point, come up with your own definition of feminism, and define a set of priorities for it (what are the issues that it should tackle first, second, third, etc.). What would be the focal point of your feminist project? Meaning, where would you want to help or intervene first?

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Presentation guidelines and expectations

Updated March 24

For the remainder of the semester, you should comment on at least six different presentations, which will be posted under the presentations category.

Presentations should now (As of March 24) be 1) a short explanatory video (you could make an animation of your presentation with voiceover or a video like you see on Smarthistory.org if you would like) OR 2) a short essay that explains what you would say in a presentation (think of this as the “text” that you might have read to give your presentation accompanied by your presentation slides (ppt or google slides). Please be sure that you categorize your presentation with the appropriate “Presentations” category.

Presentations (either slides or a short video) should have:

  • A photo of the author 
  • Brief biography and important details about their life (this will vary person to person but may include where they are from, where they were educated, where they worked or taught, things they advocated for, and any other meaningful life event or social connection) 
  • An outline of the text you plan to cover (how is it structured? What do the beginning, middle, and end sections say and how does that impact the argument?) In other words, what is the article talking about? 
  • Main points or arguments 
  • Three quotes from the text with a question for discussion
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